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Taro milk tea in a glass with a straw.
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5 from 7 votes

Taro Milk Tea

With a bright purple hue, taro milk tea tastes as creamy and delicious as it looks! This sweet bubble tea is flavored with green tea, taro root, and tapioca pearls in a brown sugar syrup.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Cooling Time30 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Asian
Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Servings: 2 glasses
Calories: 217kcal
Author: Anjali Shah

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Simmer 2 cups of water, remove from the heat and add the tea bags and allow to steep for 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags and allow the tea to come to room temperature.
  • While the tea is cooling bring a small pot of water to a boil, add the tapioca pearls reduce heat and simmer for 5-6 minutes.
  • Strain the pearls, add to a small bowl and stir through the brown sugar. Set aside and allow to cool.
  • When the tea has come to room temperature add the taro powder, ube extract and milk, whisking until well combined.
  • Evenly divide the soaked tapioca pearls and syrup between two glasses.
  • Divide the ice between the glasses and top with the taro milk tea.
  • Serve immediately.

Video

https://youtu.be/d4QL7wjZGQU

Notes

  • Cook and soak the tapioca pearls when needed.
  • Adding ice to the drink makes it lovely and chilled.
  • Any sugar, maple syrup or honey can be used to sweeten this drink
  • Any plant based milk will work in this recipe. Nutrition information calculated using unsweetened almond milk.

Nutrition

Serving: 1glass | Calories: 217kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Sodium: 94mg | Potassium: 161mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 13g